See also

• In addition to being easier to write, swizzling, smearing, and masking properties have performance benefits as well
• However, inappropriate use of swizzling can also make your code harder to understand at first glance, and may make it harder for the compiler to automatically optimize your code
• Packed arrays are one of the nicest features of Cg. You can discover more about them here: http://http.developer.nvidia.com/CgTutorial/cg_tutorial_chapter02.html